"Your story on the Department of the Interior's disapproval of the Upper Lake Rancheria's Class III gaming compact contains a couple of factual errors. Specifically the article states as follows: “The Interior secretary previously signed four ballot measures allowing four...

"The federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law in October 1988, and a movie entitled “Field of Dreams” was released six months later. The former established the foundation for what has become a monster gaming industry. The latter was a...

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will hold oral arguments in a closely-watched Indian gaming debt case on October 20. The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin defaulted on a $50 million bond. A federal...

New York Gov. David Paterson (D) is threatening to terminate the Class III gaming compact with the Seneca Nation. Paterson claims the tribe violated the compact when it withheld revenue-sharing payments from the state. His administration wants to meet...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined the petition in Hoffman v. Sandia Resort and Casino. Gary Hoffman, a non-Indian, claims he won $1.6 million on a slot machine at Sandia Resort and Casino. Sandia Pueblo said the machine malfunctioned....

The Mescalero Apache Nation announced its opposition to an off-reservation casino for Jemez Pueblo. The Mescalero Apache Nation operates a casino on its reservation in southern New Mexico. The tribe said the Jemez project intrudes on Apache ancestral territory. "Jemez...